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How to claim for pothole damage to your car’s suspension, wheels and tyres

Published 13 October 2021
By Sunday Times Driving
Follow our six-point guide to claiming compensation for damage to your car caused by a pothole
Reader Letters: Insurance groups and motorway gantry gaffes

Reader Letters: Insurance groups and gantry gaffes

Your correspondence this week includes insight into how smart motorway matrix signs work and more on car insurance premiums can alter...
Published 06 December 2016
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News: ‘Scalextric’ recharging to be tested on motorway

A section of British motorway will be fitted with a Scalextric-type system to recharge electric cars on the move next year, under plans in a document...
Published 24 November 2014
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News: M25 “collapse” in heavy rain leads to 10-mile...

Cars were damaged and 10-mile tailbacks developed after the road surface of the M25 was said to collapse during heavy rainfall this morning
Published 14 November 2014
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Cars’ frugality fuels fear of new tollroads and road...

As ministers seek to replace the falling take from motoring taxes, new automatic charging at the Dartford crossing may give them ideas.
Published 21 October 2014
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News: Councils to spread treacle on winter roads to...

More drivers could find themselves in a sticky situation this winter when councils start using a blend of treacle and salt to treat icy roads.
Published 09 October 2014
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Cameras could penalise motorway tailgaters

First they were used to catch speeders; then to collar drivers who crossed red lights, strayed into bus lanes or stopped in box junctions. Now cameras...
Published 03 September 2014
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Top 10 excuses for stopping on a motorway hard shoulder

A driver who stopped on the hard shoulder of a motorway told a patrolman he did so when he saw the word “fire” on his car’s dashboard, only...
Published 23 July 2014
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Government plans to turn UK streets into 15mph cycle-friendly...

The government plans to turn some streets into slow zones where drivers, banned from overtaking, will be limited to 15mph.
Published 12 May 2014
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News: Drivers’ champion wanted who cares about buses...

Could it be the ideal part-time job for Jeremy Clarkson? The government is recruiting a chairman for a new organisation to champion motorists.
Published 12 May 2014